April 8, 2019: The Weekend Wrap-Up!

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Well, well, well. If it isn’t Will Waring, longtime Stargate director and orchestrator of the Ishida Palace bloodbath back in Dark Matter’s second season episode “Sometimes In Life You Don’t Get To Choose”. He’s in town for a round of meet and greets but found time for dinner with Akemi, Ivon and me. Will is pictured (above) holding his trademark pineapple (in decorative art format). For those of you not in the know, Will has always found a way to work a pineapple into pretty much every episode he’s ever directed. For fun, go through his Stargate repertoire and play “spot the pineapple”. But blink and you may miss it. Here was his trademark visual making an oh so subtle appearance in Dark Matter –

Speaking of Stargate, I discovered this behind the scenes video from Stargate: Universe – testing out the stasis pods…

I suspect Akemi is growing weary of my ever-growing hot sauce collection. The truth is I collect them faster than I consume them. So, Saturday, she insisted I taste test my way through the unopened bottles and ditch the ones I didn’t like…

Speaking of hot sauces, try Jake & Amos Sweet & Hot Red Pepper Relish. It’s simple, Amish (?) made and good on so many things. They have a website and around 4 bucks a pound jar, it’s very cost effective as well as delicious. Also, those chips look a little done (or should I say done in?) but don’t tell Akemi I said that.

I love Will Waring’s Pineapples hidden in plain sight.
Another easter egg I’ve always adored: On that fateful “Sunday”, when Carson tragically died in Atlantis,
Zelinka, a couple hours earlier, declined an invitation to go fishing with Carson
because the winner of the chess game hes playing receives Dr Mallozzi’s Anime DVD collection.
It was even better than “Latin For The Novice” by Joseph Mallozzi PhD.

Well, I know you dont like to hear it, Joe
Albeit …
Akemi is right.
If you had 20 unopened bottles of hot sauce
then you are falling back into your old habits
of wasteful impulse buying and hoarding
regardless of no longer having
the abundant physical space to indulge said impulses.
Maybe Akemi should place a piece of masking tape on the bottom of each bottle
with the “date of purchase” written on it.
Any bottle that still has 3/4 of its contents remaining
after a specific number of mutually agreed upon weeks
(I suggest 14 weeks maximum)
should be taken to what ever production you are working at the time,
for hotsauce loving co-workers
to take home and utilize as they choose,
as this would indicate you do not favor it enough
to utilize more often and it would take much too long to finish the whole bottle
while other kitchen purchases accumulate.
You would simply leave it in the break room or whiskey/whisky club area with a note that reads:
“Joe’s under utilized hotsauce collection.
Feel free to take home any and all you like.”

You could even start a full swap out/swap meet space at work
for all co-workers to do the same?
They can bring a functional item in they are not using or significantly under utilizing
for another co-worker to take home.
You can declare it a “Reduce Waste” campaign effort.